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Reuters Health News: 10-13-2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking too much alcohol may lead to abnormal rhythm of the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, according to a report from Denmark.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of overweight Americans is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat, an annual report by market research firm The NPD Group said.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children of depressed mothers also have antisocial fathers, new study findings show, and both parents' problems are associated with an increased risk of depression and conduct disorder among the children.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with the autoimmune disorder systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seem to have a heightened risk for cervical cancer when they're been treated with the immune-suppressing drug cyclophosphamide, according to a new study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents' lifestyle choices may help determine their children's blood pressure, even before their kids are born, a new study suggests.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Merck & Co. said on Wednesday it plans to release data from a study of its recalled arthritis drug Vioxx at a meeting of specialists later this month.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The class of painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can relieve the pain of osteoarthritis, but they may cause stomach problems. The solution might be to avoid the stomach all together.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will ban smoking in all hotels and bars, except those in the outback Northern Territory, in a move to stop the death of hundreds of bartenders each year from breathing second-hand smoke.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to launch a nationwide survey of people who sold their blood in the 1990s as it tries to track down HIV/AIDS victims, state television said on Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - George Shultz, Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, voiced support on Tuesday for California's initiative to float a $3 billion bond issue to fund stem cell research.
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